Ivanhoe’s Kipushi zinc mine in the DRC officially reopens
The restart marked exactly a century since the mine first went into production.
Canada’s coldest mine is not a diamond mine, although three came close.
Agnico Eagle Mines’ Meadowbank, located 70 km north of Baker Lake, was the Canada’s coldest mine. The open-pit silver and gold mine sees an average temperature of -35.4C during its coldest month of the year.
Ekati, Diavik and Snap Lake were ranked number two, three and four respectively. A ranked list of the top twelve are below the map. Ranking is based upon 50 years of average January/February daily temperatures over one month.
Click on the icons to view the mine. Data is provided by Company & PropertyMine, a division of InfoMine.
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -35.4
Majority Owner: Agnico Eagle Mines
Silver, Gold
70 km north of Baker Lake
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -32
Majority Owner: Dominion Diamdon Copration
Diamond
20 km east-northeast of Lac De Gras
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -31.9
Majority Owner: Rio Tinto
Diamond
300 km northeast of Yellowknife
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -30.8
Majority Owner: De Beers Canada Exploration
Diamond
220 km northeast of Yellowknife
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -26.6
Majority Owner: Glencore Xstrata
Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum
65 km south of Deception Bay
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -26.1
Majority Owner: Capstone Mining
Silver, Gold, Copper
120 km north of Whitehorse
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.9
Majority Owner: Vale
Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
5 km south of Thompson
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.8
Majority Owner: Vale
Nickel
6 km southwest of Thompson
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.5
Majority Owner: Cameco
Uranium
800 km north of Saskatoon
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.3
Majority Owner: Cameco
Uranium
80 km northeast of Key Lake
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.1
Majority Owner: Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group Mining
Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
135 km southeast of Ross River
Average Temperature During the Mine’s Coldest Month: -24.1
Majority Owner: Tata Steel
Iron Ore, Manganese, Silica
Schefferville
Comments
Jase Paterson
Where is Baffinland Iron Mines?? Its a 1177KM NORTH of Baker Lake???